Alice went back to her courtyard first to change her clothing. Alice was going towards the main hall of the ji household.

The guards didn't stop her " Lord is expecting you "

Alice nodded, and went in.

Ji Lan was sitting on his usual spot at the end of the hall there was dim lighting in the hall.

he had already sensed her approach.

" Lord the task is completed the servant minion definitely seemed precious to her. "Alice told everything that happened in order and how it affected the head maid.

" good well done," said ji lan. he had noticed the affection in her tone ' Now I am almost done with the formation I can't let you have hope can I little Yi. Once I remove that thing in your body I will finally able to get what I want. '

" so she wasn't a spy from frost temple "

" No lord she had died right away " This was Alice most afraid about it was her own speculation which led to this hypothesis which was based on that truth pills didn't work. it wasn't that she had tested it on one of the disciples but frost temple was very famous for their heart calming sutra it can protect the mind. Alice kneeled on the ground she only had this one chance " Lord I have done to best of my abilities but I really believed that the minion was far stronger and terrifying her gaze sends a s.h.i.+ver down my whole body " said Alice she was telling him the truth how she felt when she was near the minion. She felt a pair of dark pupils looking at her without any light wanted to devour her whole.

Ji Lan didn't believe any of her c.r.a.p it was because of her why he had to employ a squad leader for this menial task he wanted to send her to the same place as others to disappear.

but he said " fine leave keep an eye on the head maid. "

Alice who was almost sure that her death was coming her way or even worse. but she suddenly felt light-headed hearing Ji Lan. ' Did I actually survived somehow. '.

" Yes milord I will remember my mistake. never to repeat again," said Alice then leaving the main hall.

As soon as Alice left the main hall a shadow appeared in front of him.

" What is so important if I don't hear a good reason you will be taking her place I really lack manpower," said ji lan. he was very annoyed with his sudden interruption.

" Lord we got information that there is a traitor. " said the shadow.

" so kill him what bad news " asked lord ji.

" it's in the upper tier " said the shadow while his head lowered.

" What is your rank," asked ji lan. there was a deep frown on his head.

" it's middle-tier rank 45 " replied the shadow.

" where did you hear this from " ji lan moved closer to the shadow.

" It was sent by poison master Lin," said the shadow.

" I see where is he or did you find his body," said ji lan.

" No, the enemy knew how to destroy the spirit mark we can't find his location. it was poison master lin's last words that there is a traitor in the upper-tier shadows. he also seemed very sure of this " said the shadow.

" isn't he was a.s.signed to get rid of the girl how could he meet the traitor this thing is not making any sense," said ji lan.

" I have verified everyone other than Alice cannot be found they disappeared without a trace." said the shadow.

" hmm investigate again and have everyone gather at the headquarters specialty the upper-tier members I want to check if any slave marks have any problem. " ji lan frowned. There could be another possibility that she was a spy from a sect while she was just a chess piece the others captured the shadows to interrogate them. This was what going on in Ji Lan's mind.

" Yes lord " said the shadow before disappearing.

" Who are you " mumbled ji lan. he was in deep thought ' if she was from a sect then they could have saved her but why would they let her die then. She could have told them about the inside news or was she was just a minor p.a.w.n of no value but why kill the other shadows they could have stayed hidden it would be much more disadvantages to me '

many thoughts we're going through his mind.

' looks I need to speed up the process if any elder came it would be disastrous. '

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" But how could he make her believe that he is dead. " she knew how strong he was 5th and 6th stage can't even make him bleed rather than killing him so another possibility came into her mind that bai jie improvised the plan. he found a good opportunity to fake his death and was making arrangements for escape.

which meant she had to wait for his signal.

" but what should I do in the meantime. I should raise my strength it is better than doing nothing. " yi ying came out of the courtyard. she saw Alice coming her way.

" ahh Big sister are you alright, " asked Alice her expression was very timid she just had a brush with death a few minutes ago. she knew that Lord ji almost wanted to kill her it was like walking on a thin rope while 1000 feet above the ground.

" yes I am fine now but look at you are you still not feeling well let me take a look. " yi ying came close to her closely looking at her wounds. she thought ' how cruel husband don't you feel any pity why would you let her beaten this much it's going overboard.'

Yi ying felt her heartache she knew bai jie was a ruthless man but he would even let innocent women suffer from such wounds to accomplish his goals. b.a.s.t.a.r.d.' yi ying thought.

if bai jie was here he would have spurted blood ' Your husband was lying on the ground almost killed because of this innocent woman. '

Alice was still thinking that her death was certain she had overstepped her boundaries.

Lord ji might have let her go now but it won't be too late for her either she will disappear like others no one knew where they went but It definitely not a good place. " Big sister its fine these are just minor wounds," said Alice she wasn't in a mood to talk right now.

Yi ying grabbed Alice's hand and dragged her into her courtyard. Alice thought she would see a different view inside but it was neat and clean nothing seems to be broken down. she sat on a stone slab while yi ying went into the inner room to find medicine.

" is she going to kill me for getting her killed well it might be better to die by her hands," mumbled Alice. she knew if Lord ji wanted to kill someone then it wouldn't matter where she hid it was certain death and it won't be an easy one.

yi ying came back with few herbs it was a white flower and some green leaves with some roots. " this is few herbs if we mix it well it can speed up your recovery and lessen the pain. " said yi ying. she started mes.h.i.+ng them together.

Alice knew of these herbs they were used in medicine the white flowers were commonly used to treat internal wounds and the roots were from ginseng to speed up her recovery.

but a bigger question was in her mind ' she is trying to help me, why? '.

Alice was keeping a close eye on her she wanted to know if yi ying would put poison in the medicine and it was all just an act. ' In this world there is no free lunch. ' she thought. Alice was trained to be a double agent her whole life living in with lies tricking others.

" Here let me help you " said yi ying. Alice saw yi ying coming her way while she was observing the medicine for anything unnatural something like poison.

Alice again double-checked with the spirit energy but she found nothing.

Yi ying rubbed the medicine on her body slowly while Alice was observing her she had many thoughts running through her mind. so eventually asked " Big sister aren't you sad anymore little sister died today but you seem very calm ". Or she planning something.

Yi Ying stopped she put away the medicine and looked at Alice but didn't say anything.

While Alice was also thinking ' did I trigger her or something she doesn't seem sad at all. but why is that isn't that minion if any value to her? '.

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Author note

Dear readers, I am sorry for a delayed update I just got a lot of office work so updates will be lower than before sorry for inconvenience. Thank you for your support hehe my vacation just ended.